Sony's plan for a franchise
based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy of novels was a bust. They managed
to adapt the first book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, with David Fincher at
the helm, and with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig starring, but budget cuts and
demands for higher paychecks prevented the trio from returning for the
follow-up, The Girl Who Played with Fire. Despite that, Sony will move forward
with the franchise, just not in the way most expected, as they will go off-book
and will adapt the fourth novel in the trilogy, which was written not by
Larsson, who died in 2004, but by fellow Swede, David Lagercrantz.
According to The Wrap, Alicia
Vikander might be stepping into Mara's shoes and play the lead role of Lisbeth
Salander in The Girl in the Spider's Web, which is being adapted by Steven
Knight.
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist Return
She is the girl with the dragon tattoo—a genius hacker
and uncompromising misfit. He is a crusading journalist whose championing of
the truth often brings him to the brink of prosecution.
Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a
source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has
been in contact with a young female superhacker—a hacker resembling someone
Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering. Blomkvist, in
desperate need of a scoop for Millennium, turns to Salander for help.
She, as usual, has her own agenda. The secret they are both chasing is at the
center of a tangled web of spies, cybercriminals, and governments around the
world, and someone is prepared to kill to protect it . . .
The duo who captivated millions of readers in The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the
Hornet’s Nest join forces
again in this adrenaline-charged, uniquely of-the-moment thriller.
Vikander has been on a meteoric rise since her role in Anna Karenina back in
2012. Since then the actress has appeared in such films as The Fifth Estate, Ex
Machina, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Danish Girl, and Burnt, and will next be
seen opposite Matt Damon in the upcoming Bourne sequel.
Source - The Wrap
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